_Kharijites._--One of the earliest sects of Islam (see above). _Kharimites._--`Ajarida, agreeing mostly with the Shu`aibites and teaching that the relation of God to a man depends on what he professes at the end of his life. _Khattabites._--Ghaliites, followers of Abu-l Khattab, who was put to death by Ibn Musa at Kufa. He was a violent supporter of Ja`far us-Sadiq, who however disowned him. _Khayyatites._--Mu`tazilites, followers of Abu-l Hosain ul-Khayyat, a teacher in Bagdad, part of whose philosophical teaching was that the non-existent is a thing. _Ma`badites._--Tha`labites who differed from the Akhnasites on the question of the marriage of believing women and from Tha`lab on the question of taking alms from slaves. _Maimunites._--`Ajarida, followers of Maimun ibn Khalid, who believed that God wills good only and that man determines his actions. _Majhulites._--Tha`labites, agreeing generally with the Kharimites, but teaching that he who knows some names and attributes of God and is ignorant of some knows God. _Ma`lumites._--Tha`labites agreeing generally with the Kharimites but alleging that a believer must know all the names and attributes of God. _Mansurites._--Ghaliites, followers of Abu Mansur ul-`Ijli, who at first supported al-Baqir, but, rejected by him, claimed the imamate for himself. He was crucified by the caliph Hisham ibn `Abd ul-Malik (Abdalmalik). _Mu`ammarites._[6]--Mu`tazilites who strongly denied the predestination of God, and affirmed that God created bodies only, and that the accidents spring naturally from them. _Mufaddalites._[6]--The same as the Musaites (q.v.). _Mughirites._[6]--Ghaliites, followers of Mughira ibn Sa`id ul-`Ijli, who claimed the imamate and prophetic office and held extremely gross views of God. _Muhakkima_[6] (the first).--Another name for the Harurites (above). _Mukarramites._[6]--Tha`labites who taught that sin consists in ignorance of God. _Mukhtarites._[6]--Kaisanites, followers of al-Mukhtar ibn `Ubaid, who held to Mahommed ibn ul-Hanafiyya but was disowned by him. He allowed the possibility of change of mind on the part of God. _Murjiites._--Those who postponed judgment of actions until the Day of Judgment. See above. _Musaites._--Imamites who held to the imamate of Musa ibn Ja`far, who was imprisoned by Harun al-Rashid and poisoned. _Mushabbiha._[6]--Sifatites who compared God's actions with human actions. They said that the Koran was eternal with all its letters, accents and written signs. _Mu`tazilites._[6]--The rationalists of Islam. See above, cf. also H. Steiner, _Die Mu`taziliten oder die Freidenker im Islam_ (Leipzig, 1865).